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A personal update
Dec 1, 2021
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Back Again
Sep 1, 2024
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Getting Free with Jon Batiste
Jan 14
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I WROTE A NEW BOOK!
Oct 17, 2024
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Notes from Journaling Club: Stray Dogs
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Apr 19
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Were We This Brave at 17?
A high school open mic—and Hrishikesh Hirway on change
Apr 19
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Not to Complain, But…
Actually, yes—to complain. In great detail.
Apr 12
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Dear Susu #16: Cults, Boundaries, & Breaking Ties with Family
"I was raised in a cult and left. Do you have any advice on how to heal those wounds?"
Aug 10, 2023
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Dear Susu #15: Heartbroken Friend
"How do I move on?"
Jun 16, 2023
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Dear Susu #14: Shame Shepherds & Grace for Fuck-ups
“How do I get out of my own way so that I can write what needs to be written most?”
May 18, 2023
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Dear Susu #13: To Betray or Not to Betray
“How do I write my story without hurting the people I love?”
Feb 28, 2023
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Dear Susu #12: Beholding the Body
"How do I make peace with changes in my appearance?"
Jan 26, 2023
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Journaler's Routine
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When Shit Hits the Fan with Nadia Bolz-Weber
A conversation about renouncing empty promises and finding holiness in a Pyrex dish
Jan 21
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Getting Free with Jon Batiste
A conversation about first lines and unexpected epiphanies
Jan 14
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Ferrari Energy with Kate Bowler
A conversation about ambition monsters and spectacular failures
Jan 7
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Truth Bombs and Tea with Jennifer Garner
Journaling as prayer & a New Year’s Eve ritual
Dec 31, 2025
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Studio Visits
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A Workshop with Elizabeth Gilbert
Letters from Love: Video Replay
Sep 6, 2024
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Survival as a Creative Act
A video replay of Saturday's Studio Visit!
Apr 9, 2024
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On Joy, Sorrow, & Creative Alchemy
A video replay of my workshop with Susan Cain
Feb 27, 2024
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American Symphony: A Conversation (Video Replay)
with Suleika Jaouad, Jon Batiste & Matthew Heineman
Nov 29, 2023
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Studio Visit: Hospital Edition
A behind-the-scenes tour of my painting studio
Feb 19, 2022
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Creative Alchemy
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A luminous hour with one of my favorite living writers ✨
Over 600 of you joined us live—now you can watch the replay (and maybe even write alongside us)
Aug 6, 2025
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Notes from the Hatch: Won't You Celebrate With Me
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Jul 13, 2025
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Notes from the Hatch: Nothing on Earth but Laundry
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Jun 22, 2025
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Carmen Radley
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Notes from the Hatch: Home Away from Home
Sunday, May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025
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100-Day Project
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Celebrating Our 100-Day Project
Tiny Beautiful Creations & Lessons Learned, Part 2
Jul 9, 2022
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Tiny Beautiful Creations & Lessons Learned
Day 100: Tiny Beautiful Creations and Lessons Learned
Jul 9, 2022
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Bindweed and Hawk Moths
What has your 100-day project made space for?
Jun 29, 2022
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Inspiration Immersion
Hi friend! It's Day 70 of our 100-day project—only a month left—and I wanted to share something delightful with you.
Jun 9, 2022
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Cultivating Seed Dreams
Making the most of the next 50 days
May 20, 2022
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Live Every Day Like It's Your First
Baby grandmas, child play & Piera Gelardi on expanding reality
Apr 5
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The Best of the Isolation Journals
Celebrating six years with a selection of our greatest hits
Apr 1
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On Art, Money, and Permission
& Mason Currey on making a living
Mar 29
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A Book Deal, A Breakdown, A Breakthrough
An Essay
Mar 25
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Notes from Journaling Club: It Was Manna
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Mar 22
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Carmen Radley
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Lowering the Volume
On attunement, erasure, and what reveals itself in the quiet
Mar 22
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In My Next Life
The body rewrites itself
Mar 15
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2,200 Lists Later
& Beth Kephart on the literary list and the art of transcendence
Mar 8
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